Regional financial markets [[electronic resource] ] : issues and policies / / edited by Dilip K. Ghosh and Mohamed Ariff

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 332/.095
• Soggetto topico: Capital market - Southeast Asia; Finance - Southeast Asia; Financial crises - Southeast Asia
• Altri autori: GhoshDilip K <1942-> (Dilip Kumar) Mohamed Ariff <1940->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 From Turbulence to Tranquility: Reform and Restructuring in Malaysia; 2 Portfolio Investments in Australia: 1988-1997; 3 The Level of Managerial Ownership, Leverage, and Dividend Policies: Hong Kong Evidence; 4 Examining the Performance of the Malaysian Life Insurance Sector: Efficiency and Productivity Growth; 5 Assessing Corporate Financial Distress in Malaysia; 6 Cross-Sectional Predictability of Stock Returns at the Colombo Stock Exchange; 7 Linking Commercial Bank Lending into Determinants of Price Level in Malaysia ; 8 Optimal Financial Structure: A Modigliani and Miller Dynamic Model for Mexican Corporations9 Thai Capital Market Integration Using Relevant Assets; 10 Intraday Systematic Patterns, Lead-Lag Relationships, and Pricing Efficiency: Evidence from the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index Futures; 11 The 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, Corporate Restructuring, and Earnings Per Share of Listed Companies; 12 The National Economic Recovery Plan: Perception of Financial Market; 13 Cost Efficiency and Economies of Scale in Asian Banking ; 14 Factors Influencing Capital Structure in Three Asian Countries: Japan, Malaysia, and PakistanIndex; About the Editors and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Top financial scholars from around the world analyze regional economic issues in light of the recent Asian financial crisis. As a result of that crisis, and the ensuing reforms, corporations, governments, individual investors have pursued a variety of strategies to cope with the fast-changing economic situation. Each chapter treats a separate issue and offers policy recommendations. Among the theoretical and empirical analyses collected here are those relating to nonperforming loans, economic restructuring, bank forecasting, prediction of corporate failure, Islamic banking issues, new measurem
• Titolo autorizzato: Regional financial markets
• ISBN: 1-282-41775-4; 9786612417757; 0-313-05927-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780906903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II